Library Stories

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Library Stories is a video series of moving personal interviews that show what The New York Public Library means to our users, staff, donors, and communities. We’re releasing a new episode each week from one of our 92 locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Join us to see how libraries change lives in inspiring and surprising ways.

Check out previous episodes below, and follow us on Facebook or subscribe on YouTube to make sure you catch every episode.

When her father was deported, Briana found her life turned upside down. After becoming a mentor at the Washington Heights Library, she found a new purpose and the energy to keep pushing forward. Read More ›

Inimfon Udoh discovered her love of learning while hitting the books at Eastchester Library in the Bronx. Now, as the first doctor in her family, Ini is back in the borough she calls home, serving the community she says inspires her.
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Try your hand at research at the Schwarzman Building at 42nd Street, and be amazed at what you can learn—about your own family. Just ask Jennifer Maston, who took a course on African-American genealogy and came away with more than she expected.
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